My 2012 shipment from NECA arrived and everything was in the box - no partial order here. I just opened everything up to make sure I don't have any major QC issues or missing parts. My Dr. Cluckenstein has a broken toe, but otherwise everything seems to be in order. Some tight joints in places, mostly with Shredder. His paint isn't quite as clean as the turtles, but not terrible. Raph has some red on his cheek that I'll have to try and remove. The top scabbard on Leo is really tight and I can't get a sword into it, but I didn't have any issue with Donatello's bo holder which I saw numerous complaints about. All of the gripping hands are super tight to the point where I don't want to try and get any weapons in there without heat. I also hate how it's 2025 and we still can't count on NECA to provide the proper wrist articulation for sword wielders (and sai, and nunchuk). Could we really not get into the budget two sets of gripping hands with different wrist orientation? Articulation in general seems so-so, but not vastly different from standard NECA stuff so it's not unexpected.
Overall, the look is definitely there and that's what NECA is aiming for. I don't think I've encountered this sculptor before, May Thamtarana, but they did an excellent job with the turtles. I just wish Raph's skin tone was closer to the show and that we got a different alternate portrait for Leonardo. That still kind of ticks me off.
